Hello Windows

Today, we are happy to announce that Atom is now available on Windows. This is
an alpha release that supports Windows 7 and Windows 8.

The best way to install Atom on Windows is by installing
chocolatey and then running:

cinst Atom

This will install Atom, add the atom and apm commands to your PATH, create
shortcuts on the desktop and in the start menu, and also add an Open with Atom
context menu in the Explorer.

You can then update to the latest Atom release in the future by simply running:

cup Atom

If you haven’t used chocolatey before, this is the perfect chance to start.
It is similar to Homebrew on Mac OS X or apt-get on
Ubuntu. It allows you to easily discover, install, and update applications from
the command line and there are already over 1,900 packages in the
registry.

If you just want to download a .zip of the latest Atom release, that is now
available from atom.io and the Atom releases page.
Atom on Windows does not currently auto-update so you will need to download new
versions manually. Going forward we plan on adding an auto-updater that works
the same as the Mac version.

We would love to hear what you think about Atom on Windows. We want it to feel
like a true Windows app so please let us know about anything that feels out of
place such as themes, fonts, keybindings, performance issues, or any missing
native integrations. Please don’t hesitate to open up issues on
atom/atom with your feedback.